American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Monotypic
Peter E. Lowther, Alan F. Poole, James P. Gibbs, Scott M. Melvin, and F. A. Reid
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 1, 2009
Text last updated April 1, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Американски воден бик |
| Catalan | bitó nord-americà |
| Croatian | američki bukavac |
| Czech | bukač severoamerický |
| Danish | Amerikansk Rørdrum |
| Dutch | Noord-Amerikaanse Roerdomp |
| English | American Bittern |
| English (United States) | American Bittern |
| Faroese | Sevglámur |
| Finnish | amerikankaulushaikara |
| French | Butor d'Amérique |
| French (France) | Butor d'Amérique |
| German | Schwarzbart-Rohrdommel |
| Greek | Αμερικανικός Ήταυρος |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Makwali ameriken |
| Hebrew | אנפה משורטטת אמריקנית |
| Hungarian | Amerikai bölömbika |
| Icelandic | Reyrþvari |
| Japanese | アメリカサンカノゴイ |
| Lithuanian | Šiaurės Amerikos baublys |
| Norwegian | amerikarørdrum |
| Polish | bąk amerykański |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abetouro-americano |
| Romanian | Buhai de baltă american |
| Russian | Американская выпь |
| Serbian | Američki vodeni bik |
| Slovak | bučiak hnedokrký |
| Slovenian | Severnoameriška bobnarica |
| Spanish | Avetoro Lentiginoso |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Avetoro Norteño |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Guanabá rojo |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Martinete |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Avetoro Norteño |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Avetoro Norteño |
| Spanish (Panama) | Mirasol Norteño |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Yaboa Americana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avetoro lentiginoso |
| Swedish | amerikansk rördrom |
| Turkish | Amerika Balabanı |
| Ukrainian | Бугай американський |
Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)
PROTONYM:
Ardea lentiginosa
Rackett, 1813. Catalogues of the birds, shells, and some of the more rare plants of Dorsetshire. From the new and enlarged edition of Mr. Hutchins's history of that country, with additions and a brief memoir of the author. 2nd ed. ed.2, p.14.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Piddletown, Dorsetshire, England.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- BOTAURUS
- botaurus
- lentiginosa / lentiginosus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the American Bittern
